Deerfield township, Vernon County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 790 (all rural)
| Males: 392 |  (49.6%) |
| Females: 398 |  (50.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 790 (677 owner occupied, 113 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Deerfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 39.9
Median age of females: 40.0
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Average household size: 2.50
| Deerfield township: | 2.5 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Deerfield township: | $38,763 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $400 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $81,378 (it was $61,400 in 2000)
| : | $81,378 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Deerfield.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Emery Cemetery (1), Jewel Cemetery (2), Hackberry Cemetery (3), Welborn Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Lively Lake (A), Wilson Lake (B), O'Connell Lake (C), Richard McWherter Reservoir (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dry Wood Creek (A), Hattons Slough (B), Hackberry Branch (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Deerfield township: Big Drywood Creek Wildlife Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Deerfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 456
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 10
- South: 20
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 193
Housing units in Deerfield township with a mortgage: 47 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Plastics and rubber products (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Health care (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (6%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Painters and paperhangers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Deerfield township:
- English (100.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 142 (60%)
- Carpooled: 52 (22%)
- Walked: 16 (7%)
- Other means: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 22 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Wood (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 486- In family households: 408 (115 male householders, 23 female householders)
127 spouses, 136 children (119 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 78 (23 male householders (19 living alone)), 42 female householders (35 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 11 2-persons,
153 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (5 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |